Ah, that time worn tradition of dreamy correspondence between two young people who have fallen for each other (once "love letters," I'd argue today's youth are still honoring this age-old ritual, albeit digitally).
But thanks to a recent resurfacing by Mother Jones of a set of letters once written by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and sold at a Christie's auction, we have been gifted with what I would argue is the greatest love letter — or more appropriately, anti-love letter — known to man.
The letter was written in 1947 and reportedly sent to her Harvard beau when she was 16 or 17 years old. The greatest part of this letter reads as follows:
"I’ve always thought of being in love as being willing to do anything for the other person — starve to buy them bread and not mind living in Siberia with them — and I’ve always thought that every minute away from them would be hell — so looking at it that [way] I guess I’m not in love with you."
Back in May of last year, other secret correspondence to her Irish pen pal of 14 years, a priest, were auctioned off. They were some of the most intimate musings we have of Jackie's. ABC has the scoop below.
Like everything else about Jackie, the more we know, the more mystifying her legacy becomes.
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